My Take
Alona Tal is one of those actors who quietly showed up in shows you already loved and made them better without making a big deal about it. Born in Herzliya, Israel, and trained at the Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts, she brought a real performer's discipline to Hollywood — and it shows. I first noticed her as Meg Manning on Veronica Mars, this perfectly layered cheerleader who had a lot more going on under the surface than she let on. Then she turns up in Supernatural as Jo Harvelle and absolutely holds her own against the Winchester brothers, which is no small feat. The fact that she's also a singer and kept working steadily across Burn Notice, SEAL Team, and Cross tells you she's not a one-trick novelty — she's a genuine working actor with range, and I think she deserves a lot more credit than she typically gets.
Overview
Alona Tal (Hebrew: אלונה טל, IPA: [aˈlona ˈtal]; born (1983-10-20)October 20, 1983) is an Israeli actress and singer. She is known for her roles in Veronica Mars as the cheerleader Meg Manning, in Supernatural as budding monster hunter Jo Harvelle, as Sonya Lebedenko in the final season of Burn Notice, as grad student Stella Baxter in SEAL Team, and as FBI agent Kayla Craig in Cross.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Alona Tal
- Name (Japanese)
- アロナ・タル
- Reading
- あろな・たる
- Born
- October 20, 1983 (age 42)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Boar
- Origin
- Herzliya, Israel
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / singer / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://alona-tal.org/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/alonatal/
- Xhttps://x.com/talalona
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AD%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AB
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.